The Crater Library is first and foremost a repository for every digital books and media ever published in Nigeria but these e-resources are so few in Nigeria presently. So far, there is no library archive for works (books, non-books and media) in electronic format (and this has created a huge problem for researchers and avid information seekers or readers who need Nigerian context and content). As a result of this, The Crater Library staff consciously made a decision to increase the number of e-resources in Nigeria by encouraging creators, authors, publishers, researchers and everyone interested in contributing to literacy in Nigeria to publish via The Crater Library website where their works will never be lost on a dusty shelf and they get compensated for their published digital works, if interested.

Writers can send or donate free complimentary e-copies of their work if desired.

The Crater Library offers readers and researchers an opportunity to discover plenty published titles e-books, research data and media under any genre they desire. We offer affordable priced e-resources for immediate sampling, purchase and download. Most Crater Library books are readable on any e-reading device. One purchase and you gain access to multiple formats.

The Crater Library makes it fast, free and easy to publish and distribute your e-book to the world’s largest e-book retailers and mobile phone apps. Authors control the pricing, sampling and marketing of their books, and receive 80% of the net sales proceeds from their works.

No, we do not. We are strictly a digital library and do not scan documents into electronic format. Any manuscript you send must be an electronic copy. In a case where you already have the book in print and you desire to increase sales with an e-copy, you need not send the printed book to us; just send the complete manuscript with the designed cover page which has been saved on your computer drive.

Simply sign up for an account if you haven’t already (it’s free).  We’ll send you a confirmation e-mail; with a hyperlink you’ll click to activate your account. The email will also provide you next steps, the first of which is to read The Crater Library Style Guide for instructions on how to format your manuscript prior to upload. Once your manuscript is formatted, and you have a professional cover image prepared, you click “Publish” and follow the steps.

The collection policy of The Crater Library is any E-resource relating to or about Nigeria and done by a Nigerian. This includes the work of local authors, whether research, poetry or prose, film or audio, text or image, fact or fiction.

Ideally we are looking for work that reflects or informs on some aspect of Nigeria. However, there may be exceptions to this, and The Crater Library reserves the right to judge whether submitted e-resource is suitable to be added to its archive.

Yes you do. You do not have to take any action to claim copyright over your work, it exists automatically. Copyright law is very complicated. The restrictions vary according to the type of material. To register your work for copyright online, click on Insert this link here.

It is important that The Crater Library protects the intellectual property rights of people contributing original material. However it is also important that any e-resource added to the collection is of practical use to The Crater Library patrons.

We are grateful to you for choosing The Crater Library to publish your work. There are a number of administrative, software and data entry functions necessary to ensure your work is uploaded correctly, including the metadata (such as author, title and subject keywords) required to make it fully accessible to the library patrons.

 

All text documents and images are reviewed to ensure that they comply with our rules before it is approved for viewing and download. We aim to make text documents and images available within one week of submission, but this may vary, depending on the amount of work required and the availability of our volunteers.

For video and audio files, a different system of uploading is necessary due to file sizes and this also applies to text and images where the file size exceeds 50mb

Text documents

PDF is the preferred format. However we will accept the following:

.pdf, .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf

Images

Images should be compiled into a PDF document to be compatible for download as an eBook. We accept:

.jpg, .bmp, .png

Audio

.wma, .mp3

Video

.wmv

NOTE: If you wish to submit a work but cannot provide it in any of the above formats, please contact us and we will do our best to find a solution.

Our aim is to make publishing as easy as possible. Simply click on the publish button. (Remember, this doesn’t automatically make your work available for patrons. It has to be approved by The Crater Library staff before it is open to users.)

To help us make your work as accessible as possible to other library patrons we have provided a submission form for you to complete when you click publish. . This requires you to provide some basic details about your work and to agree to the Creative Commons license.

We must confess that not much thought was given to this name. The first time we contacted The Crater Library web designer via e-mail, the subject had to have the name of the proposed digital library so we went with the first thing that came to our mind “Crater”. Weeks later when we decided to change it, we couldn’t think of something more apt for the kind of impact we want to make in people’s lives. So yes, crater it is and will remain.

Definition of Crater: A large or roughly circular hole or pit created by the impact of a meteorite or bomb.

When you register for a free account, we create for you a private, permanent online library where you can conveniently access your purchased books in any of the many available e-book formats. An account also allows you to make reviews and you also get to participate in The Crater Library community forum.

The abstract or blurb of every print resource is visible to all irrespective of registration mode but the author determines what percentage of the book is available for sample. If you like the sample, please support the author and purchase the book.

First, register for a free account and log into your account. This allows us to create an online account where you can access your purchased books in any format. Click on the book you want to buy to see the details. Add the book to your shopping cart and click on checkout when you are done to enter your payment details.

When you purchase a book, you click the shopping cart icon on the upper right side of the page and it takes you to your shopping cart.

After you purchase a book, you’ll receive an email confirming your purchase with a download link for your file. This takes you to the book’s page, where you can scroll down and download the e-book format that works best for you.